Politics infused the event in Doha where Belarusian swimmers competed as neutrals due to restrictions imposed on their athletes, and Russia's, stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- which Moscow called a "special military operation".
Iga Swiatek used an outfit change to help her reset after a poor start and beat China's Zheng Qinwen.
Images from Day 5 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
IMAGES from matches on Day 4 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Thursday.
Hurkacz, Swiatek win as Poland march into United Cup final
IMAGES from Day 10 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Sangeeta Phogat, one of the six wrestlers who protested against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar, on Saturday won a bronze medal in the non-Olympic 59kg category.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
World No 1 Iga Swiatek overcame a strong early challenge from former champion Sofia Kenin to reach the second round of the Australian Open
Europe resisted a fierce American fightback to secure the four points required to reclaim the Ryder Cup
With the American men experiencing their longest US Open title drought in the Open era, Venus Williams led the American charge into round two on Monday with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovakia.
Teen chess sensation R Praggnanandhaa's mother, R Nagalakshmi said on Friday she was elated to see her son seal a berth in the Candidates Tournament, adding the 18-year-old has a "long way to go" in the sport.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
A summary of sports events and persons in the news on Saturday.
A summary of Saturday's action in the FIFA women's World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
PV Sindhu produced another impressive show as she rallied to a three-game win over USA's Beiwen Zhang to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals
A dialed-in Novak Djokovic disconnected Ben Shelton's dream US Open run in the semi-finals on Friday.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa went down to World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE Chess World Cup final, in Baku, on Thursday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Images from the men's singles semi-finals at the US Open semi-finals, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
Love them, hate them but the Oscars have a way of sneaking up on you.
Keys will next face 10th seed Sloane Stephens, nine months after her compatriot beat her in the US Open final
Sarah Sjoestroem cruised to her fifth consecutive World Aquatics Championships title in the women's 50 metres butterfly event on Saturday.
Djokovic backs schedule change at expanded Australian Open
WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao delivered a dominant performance to earn a unanimous decision victory over Adrien Broner on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Naomi Osaka said she had spent a lot of time during the coronavirus shutdown thinking about how she wanted to approach her tennis.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Images from Day 4 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
IMAGES from Day 5 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
Eubanks is into his first Grand Slam quarter-final after beating fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday
IMAGES from Day 10 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York.
Liverpool snatched three points with a wild 1-0 victory over relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
A summary of Friday night's action in the season-opening leg of the Diamond League in Doha on Friday.
Jabeur upset with fans reselling tickets due to women's match in night session
Images from Day 7 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Saturday.
American Ashton Eaton won his second straight Olympic decathlon gold medal on Thursday, extending his reign in a sport whose champion earns the title of the world's greatest athlete.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
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